Re: [Bug-wget] Conditional GET requests

[Hubert Tarasiuk]

W dniu 14.05.2015 o 21:12, Tim Rühsen pisze:
> Am Donnerstag, 14. Mai 2015, 15:43:54 schrieb Hubert Tarasiuk:
>> W dniu 13.05.2015 o 13:28, Ander Juaristi pisze:
>>> And second, I'm not really sure whether --condget is the best name for
>>> the switch.
>>> Requests that include any of If-Unmodified-Since, If-Match,
>>> If-None-Match, or If-Range
>>> header fields are also "conditional GETs" as well.
>>> We might want to implement one of those in the future and we'd be forced
>>> to choose a name which could easily be
>>> inconsistent/confusing with --condget. Or maybe we won't. But we don't
>>> know that now, so I think
>>> it's better to choose a switch more specific to the fact that an
>>> If-Modified-Since header will be sent
>>> so as to avoid confusion.
>>
>> Do you have an idea for a better switch name that would not be too long?
>> I have noticed that issue earlier, but could not think of a better name
>> that would not be too long. :D
>>
>> Thank you for the suggestions,
> 
> Hi Hubert,
> 
> why not --if-modified-since as a boolean option ?
Sounds good.
> 
> I personally would set it to true by default, since it is a very common/basic 
> HTTP 1.1 header.
Ok, I will name the option "--no-if-modified-since" and will enable that
by default.
> 
> Regards, Tim
>

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